Improvement in seats for vehicles



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Seats for Vehicles. N0. 144,709. f Patented Nov. 18,1873."

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URIAH C. SNYDEB, RICHMOND TOWNSHIP, HURON COUNTY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF `HIS RIGHT TO JOSEPH H. BEELMAN, OF

SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEATS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,709, dated November18, 1873; application filed October 4, 1873.

underneath the seat, said seat being also pro\ vided at its ends withstrap or other hinges, to allow of its being tilted forward out of theway in loading.

In the drawings, Figure'l is a front View of a spring-seat provided withmy improvements. Fig. 2 is an end view of same. Fig. 3 is aper spectiveview of the arm and one of the guide- The letter A represents anordinary wood seat for wagons. B B are cast-metal or other arms forkedat a a to form branches, the ends b b of which areI flattened andprovided with anges c c projecting downwardly at right angles thereto.Strips cl of wood are screwed to the ends b b, and between them and thebottom of the seat coiled or other springsc c are interposed and held inplace by straps or other fastenings. The other end of the arms isprovidedwith a gudgeon on each side, on which frictionrollers f arefastened, forming` T- ends to said arms. These ends are iitted in slot hin guideplates g', which latter are made in pairs and attached to thebottom of the seat. A flange (see Fig. 3) is formed on the upper andlower edge of these plates for the purpose of covering the rollers, andto form ways or guides for the arms B in their sliding back and forth,that their motion may be easy and steady. The letters 'i represent strapor other hinges attached to the iianges c by one end, and to the wagonbox Vor body by the other, in such manner as to allow of the seat beingtilted forward to remove it out .of the way in loading without detachingit entirely from the wagon, as is ordinarily done.

The seat is secured to the wagon in the usual way-that is, the ends bresting on the edges of the box with the ian ges c c bearingI on theoutside. The straps also"being fastened as described, the slottedguide-plates allow of the movement offthe arms, occasioned by pressureon the springs.

By forking the arms B B, a firmer bearingsurface is afforded for thesprings, and thereby the seat has an easier motion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The forked arms B, provided with friction-rollers f, in combinationwith slotted guide plates g, substantially as described.

2. The slotted guide-plates g secured to the seat, and anged for thepurpose of receiving' the T-ends of the sliding arms, substantially asdescribed. f

3. The combination, in a tilting springseat, of the springs e, slidingarms B, and slotted guide-plates g, substantially as described.

To the above specification-of my invention y I have signed my name this1st day of `October, 1873. y

Witnesses: U. G. SNYDER.

S. M. YOUNG, FRANK GATES.

